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MixCon 2021 is On: FREE Mixing Masterclasses Online, Starting July 7th

MixCon 2021 is FREE | FULL SCHEDULE HERE Organized by Delicious Audio and pro audio blog SonicScoop, MixCon is the world’s only convention that’s all about music mixing, featuring videos from past shows have been seen millions of times all over the world. This year, we’re bringing you free mixing…Click on the title for more

MixCon 2021 is On: FREE Mixing Masterclasses Online, Starting July 7th

First Video of Torpedo C.A.B. M

Hailed as “the missing link between the guitarist’s rig and PA or audio interface” the Torpedo C.A.B. M is loaded with some of the best cabinet simulations and impulse responses available to the modern guitar player. It is a lightweight and portable alternative to lugging a cumbersome cabinet to the…Click on the title for more

First Video of Torpedo C.A.B. M

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Brooklyn by way of Tel Aviv artist O Mer employs DAW, synths and electric guitar to create minimalistic pop gems that are as catchy as they are arresting. Started as a one man band, the project has recently expanded to comprise a full band, which has brought the sound to…Click on the title for more

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

The world of pedal manufacturing is ripe for trailblazers. You can count Meris among them. The company makes a small but versatile range of pro-audio-quality stompboxes that offer a fresh and invigorating rethinking of what can be done with reverb, delay and circuits derived from synthesizers. That sort of approach…Click on the title for more

Meris Pedals: An Inspired Approach to Stompboxes

With its cosmic approach to feature-rich stompboxes, Wisconsin based Mattoverse builds self-described "handmade tools for new sonic adventures." Since we are fond of adventures - and adventurous art - we couldn't help but dig a little deeper, after noticing these intriguing boxes at the latest Summer NAMM. TIME BASED EFFECTS The pedals from…Click on the title for more

Manufacturer Profile: Mattoverse Electronics

Minature Tigers’ Gear and Creative Process

Miniature Tigers is officially back with their first release since 2014. I Dreamt I Was A Cowboy, the new 11-track LP from the indie rock band is a short departure from the group's previous releases--often unpolished, organic, and lovingly displaying the dirt and hiccups that come from recording via couch surfing.…Click on the title for more

Minature Tigers’ Gear and Creative Process

Lewis Del Mar’s Gear and Creative Process

LEWIS DEL MAR'S CRUCIAL GEAR: --------------------------------------- SP-404 SPD-SX --------------------------------------- After gracing (two thirds of) The Deli's 2016 SXSW issue's cover, Rockaway Beach, NY's experimental soul pop duo Lewis Del Mar had a pretty exciting year, culminating in the recent release of their self titled debut album, and the US and EU tour that follows it.…Click on the title for more

Lewis Del Mar’s Gear and Creative Process

Recording Tips: Acoustic Guitar as a Resonant Microphone

To make the music production process more creative and interesting, it's always good to try and record your tracks in ways that are not entirely ordinary. One way to add a new, intriguing layer to any loud instruments (like amped electric guitars or drums or even horns) is to use…Click on the title for more

Recording Tips: Acoustic Guitar as a Resonant Microphone

Bands in the Studio: Recording Parquet Courts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpihD340yE Jonathan Schenke's Gear: Deltalab Effectron "We have an AMS DMX Delay that is incredible... it’s the Martin Hannett/Joy Division delay, and completely unlike anything else I’ve heard." Jonathan Schenke, sound engineer and music lover, recorded the debut album of Brooklyn indie rock buzz band Parquet Courts, entitled 'Light Up Gold'…Click on the title for more

Bands in the Studio: Recording Parquet Courts

Bedroom Monitoring Basics

DIY musicians, who choose NOT to work on their music exclusively in the headphones, often make easily addressable mistakes when setting up their recording equipment: The most common blunder that I see in DIY project studios is monitors placed on a table and facing the recorder’s nipples (or belly). Near…Click on the title for more

Bedroom Monitoring Basics

A History of Audio Plug Ins: Invasion of the “Sound Snatchers”

Do you remember the movie “The Crow”? The one where Brandon Lee, after dying (for real) while the film was being shot, was replaced by a computer generated, perfectly realistic image of himself? Something similar happened in the recording field, where old stars of that scene like valves, tape machines,…Click on the title for more

A History of Audio Plug Ins: Invasion of the “Sound Snatchers”